The phrase "Shame" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Shame
...Oh! the sinful sorrow,
Oh! the strangest shame,
That I saw no beauty...
Oh! the sinful sorrow,
Oh! the strangest shame,
That I saw no beauty
...Be an overcomer too!
Stand and put the foe to shame
All the livelong battle through!...
Be an overcomer too!
Stand and put the foe to shame
All the livelong battle through!
...I am Your beloved, one the Father loves
Mercy has defeated all my shame
There's no accusation, or any condemnation...
I am Your beloved, one the Father loves
Mercy has defeated all my shame
There's no accusation, or any condemnation
...That we its depths may know.
To us Thy cross with all its shame,
With all its grace be giv’n;...
That we its depths may know.
To us Thy cross with all its shame,
With all its grace be giv’n;
...That Thou, for us, didst take the servant’s place;
From Godhead’s glory to the shameful tree,
From wealth, so vast, to abject poverty!...
That Thou, for us, didst take the servant’s place;
From Godhead’s glory to the shameful tree,
From wealth, so vast, to abject poverty!
...From infinite splendor
To the likeness of shame.
He chose to be humbled,...
From infinite splendor
To the likeness of shame.
He chose to be humbled,
...Secure I am, if Thou art mine;
From sin and grief, from guilt and shame,
I hide me, Jesus, in Thy name....
Secure I am, if Thou art mine;
From sin and grief, from guilt and shame,
I hide me, Jesus, in Thy name.
...For me, bitter cross You tasted,
Bearing all my sins and shame.
Grace, as ocean deep,...
For me, bitter cross You tasted,
Bearing all my sins and shame.
Grace, as ocean deep,
...Form of lowest servant taking,
On the cross of shame to die:
In obedience, strong, unswerving,...
Form of lowest servant taking,
On the cross of shame to die:
In obedience, strong, unswerving,
...Victor o’er the hosts infernal,
By defeat, and shame, and death,
Thou through deepest tribulation...
Victor o’er the hosts infernal,
By defeat, and shame, and death,
Thou through deepest tribulation
...Secure I am, if Thou art mine;
From sin and grief, from guilt and shame,
I hide me, Jesus, in Thy name....
Secure I am, if Thou art mine;
From sin and grief, from guilt and shame,
I hide me, Jesus, in Thy name.
...When we think of love like this,
Joy and shame our hearts possess;
Joy, that Thou couldst pity thus;...
When we think of love like this,
Joy and shame our hearts possess;
Joy, that Thou couldst pity thus;
...He turned not back,
Till where I lay in want and shame,
He found me—Blessed be His name!...
He turned not back,
Till where I lay in want and shame,
He found me—Blessed be His name!
...None other hope in heav’n or earth or sea,
None other hiding-place from guilt and shame,
None beside Thee....
None other hope in heav’n or earth or sea,
None other hiding-place from guilt and shame,
None beside Thee.
...O Lord, Your love did not recoil
At sting of death and shame;
So may we overcome this age,...
O Lord, Your love did not recoil
At sting of death and shame;
So may we overcome this age,
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I wandered years in sinful shame
While sin destroyed my soul,...
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I wandered years in sinful shame
While sin destroyed my soul,
...And Jesus is the One who came
Down to earth to bear our shame,
But that’s not all, He lives in me....
And Jesus is the One who came
Down to earth to bear our shame,
But that’s not all, He lives in me.
...Where my heart becomes free,
and my shame is undone
In Your Presence Lord...
Where my heart becomes free,
and my shame is undone
In Your Presence Lord
...Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;...
Hallelujah! what a Savior!
Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
In my place condemned He stood;
...Though some should sneer, and some should blame,
I’ll go with all my guilt and shame;
I’ll go to Him because His name,...
Though some should sneer, and some should blame,
I’ll go with all my guilt and shame;
I’ll go to Him because His name,
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